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$150 million in damages to two georgia election workers he defamed. we re breaking down the huge verdict against the former trump lawyer tied to his lies about the 2020 presidential election. i ll speak live to an attorney for the two election workers this hour. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and we begin this hour with a major breaking story. the former trump lawyer, rudy giuliani, ordered to pay an enormous price for falsely accusing two georgia election workers of fraud. jessica schneider is outside the courthouse here in washington. jessica, this nearly $150 million verdict is vastly more than the attorneys for the election workers even asked for. it is, wolf. it s about $100 million more than their attorneys asked for. $75 million in punitive damages, essentially to punish rudy giuliani for those statements he made against ruby freeman and
prepandemic levels, it could overwhelm the health care system. cnn this morning continues right now. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve done. they ve poison abouting mental institutions and prisons a all over the world, not just in south america or three or four countries we re thinking, but awe oil the world they re pouring into our country. well, good morning, everyone. former president donald trump is escalated his longtime anti-rhetoric as he hits the campaign level. the white house is calling fascist. speaking of the white house, the white house and the senate, their negotiators are racing to try to reach a deal on immigration and southern border policy with aid for ukraine and israel hanging in the balance. and right now defense secretary lloyd austin is in israel as they scale back to protect civilians. cnn this morning starts right now. and here s where we begin this hour with defense secretary lloyd austin in israel as the
i am mj lee at the white house and this is cnn. we continue to follow the breaking news out of israel and its war on hamas. the israel defense forces says that it accidentally shot and killed three israeli hostages in northern gaza who were mistakingly identified as a threat. two of the vn victims identified. this is what idf spokesman lieutenant colonel jonathan told me just this last hour. we are looking into how it happened, how it came about that these hostages were out, trying to understand how that happened, whether it was intentional by hamas, or it wasn t intentional. and what we have told our troops is to exercise this when being confronted with people. part of the complexity, we are fighting in a civilian environment where almost all of the rpg crews that have been attacking our troops have been dressed in civilian clothes. it creates a very dynamic and challenging environment. what we have told our troops is to be extra vigilant and do one more safety